bunyipn.

Brit.

/ˈbʌnjɪp/, U.S.

/ˈbənjɪp/, Australian English /ˈbʌnjɪp/

Forms: Also bunyup.

Etymology: < an Australian Aboriginal language.

Australian.

1. (A name for) a fabulous monster inhabiting the rushy swamps and lagoons in the interior of Australia. Also attributive.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > mythical creature or object > [noun] > miscellaneous types of

calesc1300

yalec1425

tiger1481

su1568

succarath1594

rhinocerot1613

bunyip1848

bandersnatch1871

Omophore1871

taotie1915

pushmi-pullyu1922

shmoo1948

kaiju1972

1848 W. Westgarth Australia Felix 391 Certain large fossil bones..have been referred by the natives..to a huge animal of extraordinary appearance, called in some districts the Bunyup, in others the Kianpraty, which they assert to be still alive.

1888 J. A. Andrews Temple Mystic 1 In the forest dim, where the black bunyip creeps, roused from the dank morasses.

1891 Mrs. P. Martin Coo-ee 275 When a black fellow disappears, it is generally understood that the Bunyip has got hold of him.

1894 A. Robertson Nuggets 61 A weird boom, from bittern or bunyip, came from the swamp.

1916 J. B. Cooper Coo-oo-ee xiv. 199 Were not chivalrous men in these venal days as extinct as the bunyip?

1936 M. Franklin All that Swagger i. 7 The wild Murrumbidgee sinking into the Bunyip Hole..would dissolve.

2. An impostor. Hence attributive. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > a charlatan, fraudster > [noun]

shondc725

faitoura1340

fob1393

trumper?c1450

feature14..

chuffera1500

prowler1519

truphane1568

cozener1575

cogger1580

pretender1583

impostor1586

mountebank1589

sycophant?1589

foolmonger1593

affronter1598

assumer1600

knight (also lord, man, etc.) of gingerbread1602

pettifogger1602

budgeter1603

quacksalver1611

empiric1614

putter-off?1615

quack1638

stafador1638

saltimbanco1646

adventurer1648

fourbe1668

shammer1677

imposer1678

charlatana1680

sham1683

cheat1687

hocus1692

gull1699

shamster1716

coal-blower1720

humbugger1752

gagger1781

fudge1794

humbug1804

potwalloper1820

twister1834

jackleg1844

fraud1850

bunyip1852

empiricist1854

Bayswater Captain1880

bluffer1888

putter-down1906

quandong1939

1852 G. C. Mundy Our Antipodes II. i. 19 Bunyip became, and remains, a Sydney synonyme for impostor, pretender, humbug, and the like.

1853 W. C. Wentworth in H. Parkes Fifty Years Austral. Hist. (1892) I. 41 A mushroom, a Brummagem, a bunyip aristocracy.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	bunyip
释义	bunyipn. Brit. /ˈbʌnjɪp/, U.S. /ˈbənjɪp/, Australian English /ˈbʌnjɪp/ Forms: Also bunyup. Etymology: < an Australian Aboriginal language. Australian. 1. (A name for) a fabulous monster inhabiting the rushy swamps and lagoons in the interior of Australia. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > mythical creature or object > [noun] > miscellaneous types of calesc1300 yalec1425 tiger1481 su1568 succarath1594 rhinocerot1613 bunyip1848 bandersnatch1871 Omophore1871 taotie1915 pushmi-pullyu1922 shmoo1948 kaiju1972 1848 W. Westgarth Australia Felix 391 Certain large fossil bones..have been referred by the natives..to a huge animal of extraordinary appearance, called in some districts the Bunyup, in others the Kianpraty, which they assert to be still alive. 1888 J. A. Andrews Temple Mystic 1 In the forest dim, where the black bunyip creeps, roused from the dank morasses. 1891 Mrs. P. Martin Coo-ee 275 When a black fellow disappears, it is generally understood that the Bunyip has got hold of him. 1894 A. Robertson Nuggets 61 A weird boom, from bittern or bunyip, came from the swamp. 1916 J. B. Cooper Coo-oo-ee xiv. 199 Were not chivalrous men in these venal days as extinct as the bunyip? 1936 M. Franklin All that Swagger i. 7 The wild Murrumbidgee sinking into the Bunyip Hole..would dissolve. 2. An impostor. Hence attributive. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > a charlatan, fraudster > [noun] shondc725 faitoura1340 fob1393 trumper?c1450 feature14.. chuffera1500 prowler1519 truphane1568 cozener1575 cogger1580 pretender1583 impostor1586 mountebank1589 sycophant?1589 foolmonger1593 affronter1598 assumer1600 knight (also lord, man, etc.) of gingerbread1602 pettifogger1602 budgeter1603 quacksalver1611 empiric1614 putter-off?1615 quack1638 stafador1638 saltimbanco1646 adventurer1648 fourbe1668 shammer1677 imposer1678 charlatana1680 sham1683 cheat1687 hocus1692 gull1699 shamster1716 coal-blower1720 humbugger1752 gagger1781 fudge1794 humbug1804 potwalloper1820 twister1834 jackleg1844 fraud1850 bunyip1852 empiricist1854 Bayswater Captain1880 bluffer1888 putter-down1906 quandong1939 1852 G. C. Mundy Our Antipodes II. i. 19 Bunyip became, and remains, a Sydney synonyme for impostor, pretender, humbug, and the like. 1853 W. C. Wentworth in H. Parkes Fifty Years Austral. Hist. (1892) I. 41 A mushroom, a Brummagem, a bunyip aristocracy. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1848
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